The LA Times recently implemented a new policy wherein the word "internment" will no longer be used to describe Japanese camps. Instead, "incarceration" will be used to describe them. What's the diff? "Internment" refers to the confinement of enemy aliens during times of war, not to the imprisonment of a country's own citizens.
As a Brit, I only learnt about this through an episode of Hawaii Five-O. As it happens, this episode just repeated a couple of nights ago on local TV. No idea if it was done well, as know little about US history. But considering systemic racism, shouldn't be so surprising. White = good; Coloured = bad.
The LA Times recently implemented a new policy wherein the word "internment" will no longer be used to describe Japanese camps. Instead, "incarceration" will be used to describe them. What's the diff? "Internment" refers to the confinement of enemy aliens during times of war, not to the imprisonment of a country's own citizens.
I am ashamed to say I was never taught this in school and "discovered" this by accident visiting a museum.
and if they have their way, the Republicans will probably do away with those museums.
Yuppers
As a Brit, I only learnt about this through an episode of Hawaii Five-O. As it happens, this episode just repeated a couple of nights ago on local TV. No idea if it was done well, as know little about US history. But considering systemic racism, shouldn't be so surprising. White = good; Coloured = bad.